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It has been so difficult for them
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Bethany Ao / The Philadelphia Inquirer | 7:00 am, Mar. 10, 2021 ×
Katie Lockwood poses for a portrait outside of CHOP Primary Care at the corner of Broad and Morris Streets in South Philadelphia on Feb. 25, 2021. (Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirere/TNS)
PHILADELPHIA – Physician Steven Shapiro chairs the pediatrics department at Abington Hospital. He’s never been a therapist. Yet a big chunk of his medical practice these days is devoted to mental health issues, far more than ever before.
“Twenty percent of the calls I take now are to put kids on more medicine for panic attacks and anxiety,” said Shapiro. “It’s more than you could ever believe. It has been so difficult for them, and as pediatricians, we have to recognize the downstream effects of where things are going.”
Pediatricians and adolescent health experts have cautioned for months that the uncertainty and anxiety spurred by the pandemic, coupled with the lack of social contact, may have lasting effects on the mental health of children and teens.
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